School is out! Summer is here!!!
I have always looked forward to summer. Easier days. I didn’t need to drive my children to school. No homework and projects to help them with (or do, as the case might have been, just saying!), or making lunches.
Days of playing outside in kiddie pools, sprinklers and mid-afternoons going down the street to get slush so we would cool off.
Those really were the days. And I still love summers even though my children are now grown and married and I have granddaughters.
And here is why …..
(I promise she was not in pain!!!) She just couldn’t figure out how to do it, lol)
Maybe one might say I am a shameless Mimi, and I would concur, but remember those days of summer I mentioned? They really do pass too quickly!
After the kiddie pools were emptied, the slip-n-slide folded away, toys picked up and the yard was cleaned up, I came into the house and read this tweet by @KarenKingsbury:
Eighteen summers with your kids. Use them wisely.
#makeamemory
Let’s just say the tears flowed. Eighteen summers, everybody (so wishing I was southern and could say “y’all”). That is it! Time passes in a flash. Trust me, I know this to be true.
And I have been given grace. Grace in which I can enjoy summer all over again, in and through the lives of my grandchildren.
Don’t let this summer pass.
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NIV)
King Solomon and Karen Kingsbury. They’ve said it well.
Eighteen summers.
Use them wisely.
Make a memory!
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Love this! Trying to live it out, even when it’s exhausting or I’d rather be somewhere with air conditioning. I want my kids to know all the simple joys of summer (even though they are stuck in day care/camps) and I want to make those memories with them. Time is already flying by too fast!
I am glad it resonated with you as well. Even though summers can be tiring may we continue to make memories. Always. They are what we leave behind!
Love this post! It is so true that it goes by in such a hurry! Aren’t we blessed to get to live through some of the best parts again with our grands? Enjoy your days with them. Make those memories. You’ll never regret it!
Oh my word, Holly, we truly are so blessed! And I loved the photos of Cambrie’s birthday party!
I am right there with you – though making memories with a teen is like trying to make a crocodile frown sometimes! LOL – I agree – I have boys 28-14 – Even though I have a couple still in the nest – I miss the little times! Wonderful wisdom!!!
Those teens can be a bit resistant at times but one day, they will appreciate the memories. Keep at it!
What a great tweet! I’ve only got 3 left with my oldest and I’m really glad I read this.
Laura, I will tell you – that tweet hit home like nobody’s business! Reduced me to tears. May you enjoy this summer & make memories they will laugh about for all their days! Much love!
Oh goodness … our pictures are so almost identical! How we love this season, yes? Good to visit with you again after a bit of a blogging break …
Have a super week!
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Your post was excellent, Linda. I had to come see your summer pics as well 🙂
Oh, that quote at the end could bring any mother to tears! I would love for you to share this on our Monday link up! Thank you for reminding us of what really matters, the time we spend with our children!
So glad for the visit & for the invite. I am going to stop & visit your blog now! Blessings!
Thank you for visiting and linking up! I hope to “see” you next Monday on The Art of Home-Making Mondays 🙂
You don’t have to be southern to say y’all. I’ll lend you one of mine. 🙂 18 summers–yikes, I never thought of it that way when my kids were home. I’ll look forward to grandkids! Looks like you’re having a blast. Love these photos.
Karen’s tweet hit me hard when I read it. It made me look at child rearing from a totally different perspective. We did have a great time & are doing a repeat today 🙂
Oh the joy of summer-my favorite! There are so many wonderful memories, and I love making new ones!! Love the pictures; I remember slip and slides quite well. I will have to buy one for my grandsons; they would love it!
Blessings and love to you Joanne on this first day of July!! 🙂
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Denise, your grandsons will love it & so will you for the fun and laughter it will bring. We are doing it again today 🙂
Tears 🙂 Now praying for the grandchildren…it is the desire of my son and precious DIL to have a child. They will be married twelve years this month and have been trying seriously for several years. The doctors say it is possible…but only God can make it happen at this point. Still I rejoice with others!! God is good, all the time. Beautiful post. ♥
Nanette, before commenting, I had to join you in your prayer for grandchildren. May our God stretch forth His hand and do what only He can do, bring life. Our God is able!
My husband and I were just talking about that last night, the way summer slips by so quickly, the preciousness of it, it nearly makes me gasp for breath. Our kids are still so young (8, 6 and two twos) but I feel the truth of it. Thank you for linking with Unforced Rhythms. I’m so glad you’re seeing summer all over again with your grandkids.
Kelly, I so appreciate your thoughts. While I was raising my children, I realized the summers went by quickly. I do not think I ever thought in terms of it being 18 summers though. I am so grateful to be able to enjoy summer fun again through and with my granddaughters. And with them come their parents 🙂 so I get to enjoy summer watching them now enjoy their own. A blessing of a different sort. Some days, we are four generations out in our yard enjoying summer. It is those days, I sigh and take in the goodness of our God. Blessings to you & your family. Happy July!
Excellent reminder. How wonderful that you’re able to enjoy summer activities with your granddaughters. You could say you’re seasoned so they will be blessed by all your ideas of summer fun. Seize the moment! Thank you for sharing at Monday’s Musings. God bless.